Stony Brook Deerpark
| Stony Brook Deerpark | |
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| Ālkúrilnilæn Ğôyutroa | |
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) | |
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| Nearest city | Kartika |
| Governing body | KF Fish & Game Service |
Stony Brook Deerpark (Kiravic: Ālkúrilnilæn Ğôyutroa) is a game reserve in the form of an enclosed deer park located in County Coīnvra, District of Coīnvra. A rare example of a functioning game reserve surrounded by a thoroughly urban landscape, the reserve covers a continuous tract of land along both banks of the Stony Brook, enclosed by a system of fences, walls, and embankments. Formally owned by the Council of States, the park is maintained and administered by the Federal Fish & Game Service. Those areas of the park on the right bank of Stony Brook are open to the general public on weekends for non-hunting purposes, whereas the left bank (and the whole of the park on weekdays) is reserved for use by high-ranking federal officials, their guests, and a select group of permit-holder designated by the President of the Council of States.
The principal quarry in the park are East Kiravian Shortneck Deer, typical of the region. With the exception of some measures taken to increase its utility for hunting, the park faithfully preserves the mixed forest environment that prevailed across the Kartika metropolitan area before the onset of urban development. The Federal Fish & Game Service also uses the park for research, training, and stock breeding purposes.
Deaths in the Park
See also: List of forced disappearances during Kirosocialist rule
Stony Brook Deerpark is noted in connexion with a number of notable deaths. The first person known to have died in the park was Angus Radhurin, a Hanoramite farm labourer who was shot by game wardens in [1745] after being caught in the act of poaching. In [1787] it was the site of a duel between two members of the Confederal Stanora, M. Kamar Vilitéron of Serikorda and S. Adénosin Fákuir of Trinatria that resulted in Vilitéron's death. Three other federal officials - a State Councillor, a bankruptcy judge, and a cabinet undersecretary - have been killed in verified hunting accidents.
However, in more modern times, the park has gained a reputation for suspicious deaths and disappearances. It has been theorised that the secluded nature of the park, its proximity to important government offices, limited access to large parts of it, and the fact that guns can be discharged there without drawing attention have made it a choice location for political assassinations. [Kirosocialist-era assassinations here]
The passage of the Open Secrets Act and establishment of the Court of Constitutional Accountability after the end of Kirosocialism gave some observers hope that allegations of assassinations in the park might be definitively confirmed or denied. However, the Kólsylvar and Rénkédar administrations denied requests lodged by journalists for documents related to the alleged assassinations, citing the exception allowed under the Open Secrets Act for "information of continued importance to national security or ongoing law enforcement investigations".
Stony Brook was also the site of the unsolved 21196 Petty Officer Murders, in which five persons serving in the Kiravian Navy (three petty officers, an electrician's mate, and a commissioned officer) were discovered dead in the vicinity of the park. The Fleet Constabulary believes that all five were murdered on separate occasions, two on the park grounds, two upstream of the park, and one in an undetermined location but discovered in the park. The case remains open and the Admiralty has placed the park and surrounding streets off-limits to naval personnel.